The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-27

attached to Miss Folsom, and was so
blind as to go to the willy doctor for
advice. The doctor gave it to him;
told him girls had freaks and he
needn't worry, and even went SO far
as to talk learnedly as to the best
means for him to pursue to. arouse
or retain her affection. Little by lit
tie, however, Baldwin learned that
he was a fifth wheel on cupid's |
coach that was beginning to drive !
fast and furiously. Then he began
to tell what the doctor had told him,
the physician having said, among
other things. that he had no feeling
whatever for Miss Aggie. This
aroused Miss Aggio's ire and she de-
nounced it as untrue, demanding
that Baldwin should repeat it in the
doctors presence. The result was
that Mrs. Folsom, Aggie and-Bald-
win called on the doctor at his Office,
No. 81 West Forty-second street.
Miss Aggie demanded;
Did you say to Mr.. Baldwin that
you had no love for me?"
The cornered doctor said he had
said so to Baldwin for reasons, but it
was not true. He did love her.
did you say" continued she,
that mamma had been talking about
me2"
II did not" said Cate.
You did" said Baldwin.
81 did not"
You lie"
The doctor, who is six feet high
and an athlete, struck Baldwin, and
then, according to the mothers ao-
count, choked him till he was black
in the face.
After this Baldwin gave up hope
and disappeared. When Ermine
gave place to the Violet Cameron
Company Miss Folsom refused to
60 on the road with the company,
and threw up her engagement. She
said she was tired aud wanted a rest.
At her mothers solicitation she
agreed to accompany her to Boston
on visit to her father, Henry NJ.
Folsom, who is ship broker there.
They reached Boston on Thursday
in the latter part Of September. The
next morning Agnes received the
following telegram;
1t is important that l SEQ you at once, Can
you como onH JOHN A. MoCAULL.
In response to this Agnes started
that afternoon for New York. Her
father thought nothing wrong of it
until the following Tuesday, when
Mrs. Folsom came to the office in
cab, greatly excited, to tell him that
they must go at once to New York.
She had letter from Agnes, stating
that they need not expect her for a
time, as she wanted to be alone.
Upon arriving here they went at once
to Wallack-s Theater, and there
found McCaull. His greeting was
How is Agnes? | haven't seen her
for six months, aud he instantly
denounced the telegram as forgery
The father and mother then went
straight after Gate, but did not fad
him until the next morning at his
office. The doctor and Agnes came
in together, and were greatly surpris-
ed to see their visitors. The father
went outside with his daughter,
while the mother talked with Cate.
Agnes said there was nothing wrong.
She simply wanted to be alone aud
wanted the doctors advice. The
doctor was always the smoothest of
takers, and quoted to some extent
Mrs. Folsom's fears. They failed to
get her address, however, and the
next day when the father called on the
doctor to get it, the latter begged his
pardon, but Miss Folsom had re-
quested him to give it to no one.
Mrs. Folsom went to Boston broken
down and lay in bed for twenty-five
weeks. When everybody, doctors
included, had given her up, she
rallied and recovered. When scarcely
able to 80 out she came to New York
with friend, Mrs. Howard. She dis
covered where her daughter was liv.
! ing, at k338 West Fifty eighth street
but was refused admittance there
She then took a room in the Hote
Gladstone, who windows commanded
her daughters residence, anC
watched. She saw, the following
Sunday, the doctor leave the house
in company with Agnes. Then, with
her lawyer, William IL, Mundy, she
made a second call at the house
Mrs. Masterson, the landlady, wa
out. The bell was answered by {
girl aud the mother walked by hel
and went up the stairs, in spite o.
the girls protestations. As sh,
opened the front bedroom door OF
the first floor her daughter, who haC
, heard the talk and recognized her
! ran into the bedroom in the rear
which is Gates. The mother fol
lowed, and when Mundy reached the
top of the stairs, the daughter wa
endeavoring to push her mother ou
: of the rear bedroom door
into the hall, crying: MAN
: ma, | cant see you; | can
: : see you" A scene followed, Mis-
Folsom angrily venting her rage on
Mundy. The poor mother, weeping
and broken down, threw her arm
around her daughters neck, crying
T "Aggie Don't you love me any more.
MISS COloOm lueTSupOu UuTsb luli
tears, and mother aud daughter CRIED
in each others arms. Then they
: were left to themselves for half al
, hour.
Q The next day Mrs. Folsom called
/ on DR.. Cate to plead with him. HI
. declined to listen, put her out of hi
;, Office aud shut the door upon her
D Her dress caught in the door, .apC
4 he had to reopen it to set her free
q When Henry NJ. Folsom told thi,
: last night, with his face set and hi
t eyes moist, he said further:
!, This isn't done yet That maj
p. will find that it's only the begin
| ming"
t Agnes promised her mother t
Q come and see her, but did not come
= There was no means of getting he
| out of the doctors clutches, Every
f body who visited the house, 33S Yves
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